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Celtic have had a £3.5million bid rejected for Aberdeen’s Scott McKenna and will not be signing the defender this summer, according to the Daily Record.

The 21-year-old had emerged as a Celtic target as Brendan Rodgers looks to add defensive reinforcements but also to breathe fresh life into their season following their Champions League qualifying exit to AEK Athens.

The Bhoys have signed Odsonne Edouard from Paris Saint-Germain while adding Emilio Izaguirre and Scott Bain on free transfers. They also sealed a loan deal for teenage forward Daniel Arzani from Manchester City this week.

But their hopes of recruiting McKenna have taken a blow with Aberdeen having declared the centre-back is not for sale.

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Dedryck Boyata was denied a move to Fulham earlier in August (Image: GETTY)

Brendan’s Boyata update

Dedryck Boyata has spoken to Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers and captain Scott Brown to address his future at the club.

The Belgium international cleared the air having missed out on their Champions League exit at the hands of AEK in Athens, Greece.

Boyata insisted he was injured while Rodgers felt the defender, subject of a £9million bid rejected by Fulham earlier this month, was fit enough to play.

Boyata is into the final year of his contract with Celtic and has continued to be linked with an exit.

And Rodgers revealed that he and Brown have sat down and spoken to the centre-back - who was sent to train with the under-20s before his senior return - ahead of next week's transfer window deadline (August 31).

Brendan Rodgers says he has spoken to Dedryck Boyata about his future (Image: GETTY)

Rodgers said: "It's very simple and it's closed now. He had a meeting with the captain and myself. We all spoke about where we were at and wanted to move on from it.

“We only want good players but, more importantly, we only want good attitudes in the group and that was something that was very clear.”

Boyata has not to travelled with the rest of the squad to face FK Suduva in their Europa League play-off round qualifier in Lithuania today (6pm).

Rodgers added: “He's trained the last few days with the squad but deems himself not quite right physically to participate in the games."